Let us know how you like it. I'm strongly considering the same change to my bike.
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Since others here ride a similar stock set up here is what I went with. I changed the 12-25 cassette to a 12-27 Shimano cassette. The LBS said Shimano doesn't recommend going to 12-28 probably just cause they don't make it but whatever. My goal was keep my Ultegra Rear Deraileur, giving me one more easy gear and keeping it cheap. I may end up looking into other options because I am pretty sure this won't be enough but I want to try it before dropping a lot of money. Right now I am only out $100 and have some more time to decide what I want.
Right now it only once a month or so that I get to enjoy these climbing quad busters, so it seemed silly to drop a lot of money on switching to a mountain set up. My budget was low right now because I am not completely ready to commit to changing so much.
My bike is now:
105 Front
Ultegra Rear
12-27 Ultegra Cassette
Last edited by Aggie_Ama; 07-14-2008 at 09:37 AM.
Amanda
2011 Specialized Epic Comp 29er | Specialized Phenom | "Marie Laveau"
2007 Cannondale Synapse Carbon Road | Selle Italia Lady Gel Flow | "Miranda"
You don't have to be great to get started, but you do have to get started to be great. -Lee J. Colan
Let us know how you like it. I'm strongly considering the same change to my bike.
Speed comes from what you put behind you. - Judi Ketteler
I run a 30/40/50 12-27 combo. It started out as an experiment but after a while, I fell in love with it. A 17% climb will still suck, but you'll have a great combination of gears for almost everything else.
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